The Illusion of Self: How Mindfulness Reveals True Freedom [archive talk]

This is the first talk of a weeklong retreat in 2026.   Lynn Teo starts by exploring various ways to resource the nervous system to support the capacity to be present to the moment's direct experience...

28 Mar 59min

This talk explores Right Effort as one of the most misunderstood elements of the Eightfold Path—revealing how much of our suffering comes not from a lack of effort, but from pushing, striving, and for...

28 Mar 33min

This talk explores the power of self-observation and what lies beyond the sense of self. You'll learn how the witness can free you from the tyranny of the mind and your reactivity as well as what can ...

28 Mar 47min

This talk explores the liberating factor of self-observation.   You'll learn about how you can cultivate the optimal environment to develop the witness, the near-enemy of the practice and what it mean...

28 Mar 48min

This talk explores Right Livelihood as a living inquiry rather than a rigid moral rule, asking how we can earn a living without gradually betraying our values, vitality, or sense of dignity. Grounded ...

13 Feb 31min

This talk explores listening as a radical act of compassion at moments of loss, when words often rush in to ease our own discomfort rather than meet another's pain. We examine how common responses to ...

5 Feb 32min

More on how to keep you keel in the water when navigating uncertainty.   You'll learn some practical strategies for finding 'refuge,' a place of presence, particularly accessing Wisdom - clear seeing,...

5 Feb 1h 49min